Engine Noise problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sportage

I was on the highway driving at approximately 65 mph. The car suddenly shut down and I had to pull over since the car was slowing down. I was able to take an exit and when I came to a complete stop the car would not start. It was making a noise in the engine like it wanted to start but it couldn't. I had to tow my car home.

Engine began making noise and shook violently for a brief period, developed a knock in the mid or lower part of the engine, stopped driving car. Took to local mechanic (where my 18 year old step daughter is going to college). Local mechanic found the recall notice for 2012 kia Sportages for engine failures and wanted the vehicle taken to a kia dealer for repair. I trailered the car for almost 200 miles to get to the kia dealership where we live in wyoming, but dealer told us that our car wasn't effected by the sc147 recall, even though every symptom from that recall is present in the car. Knowing that kia wasn't going to cover, took the vehicle to my preferred mechanic, who found a large amount of metal shavings in the oil filter, recommended a replacement engine. The only engine available is not the same configuration as the original, unless buying a used engine which would probably have the same issue, and they are not comfortable putting that different engine in the car. My only option now is to take the vehicle to a kia dealer, who won't honor any warranty or repair under a recall that this car "doesn't apply to". It is literally the exact same engine that they recalled in other kia models, the 2. 4l dohc theta 2, which was confirmed by my mechanic and kia customer car. Seeing there is a class action lawsuit out there for this exact reason, I guess that is my only option. Being the third kia my immediate family has owned, I can also promise this will be the last, as 90,000 miles on a car in this century is completely unacceptable, and kia should have to cover people who have had this loss.

While driving into a parking lot, check engine and key light turned on. I pulled into a parking spot and turned the car off. Temperature gage was reading normal, I tried to turn the car back on and nothing but the battery operated systems turned on. I had it towed to the nearest shop where they started with replacing the starter; which appeared to be burnt. Once the new starter was installed, the mechanic tried to start the vehicle and, again, nothing from the engine - not one sound. They said the engine was seized. I then had the car towed to my local kia dealership. The dealership charged me $150 to do nothing more than try to start the car; which I already explained to them would not start due to the engine not responding. They said they couldn't investigate further than that to find out what caused the engine to fail and said I would have to appeal their decision by calling kia consumer affairs. Kia consumer affairs opened a claim and stated they will get back to me with a decision in 3-5 business days; however, I'm unsure how they will be able to make a sound decisions regarding replacing my engine without doing their due diligence to identify the root cause of the issue. I have always been on top of preventative maintenance for this vehicle, there has never before been any incidents that would lead me to believe this engine was on its way out. At 133k miles, there is no reason, other than internal defect caused during the manufacturing process; that could have caused this issue.

On may 18,2019 I was driving on I-10 westbound coming from tucson az headed to phoenix, az. At about 7:15 p. M. I heard strange sound from the car and so I pulled off to the side of the freeway. I saw smoke so my wife and I immediately got our 2 sons ages 23 months and 4 months out of the car. Two other vehicles stopped and the people said they saw smoke coming from our car and asked if we were o. K. The engine was on fire, I called 911 and the dispatcher alerted police and fire department. Our lives were put in serious danger. The car was towed to the dealership( camelback kia in phoenix,az and they told us they could out a new motor in the car for $8,600 plus tax. This is not acceptable. We started researching and found out there was recalls on hundreds maybe thousands of 2012 kia Sportages because the engines caught on fire. We were never told this prior to our car catching on fire. I feel the dealership intentionally misled us about the safety of the car and put our family in serious danger.

My 17yr old son was driving the car when it started making a noise and wouldn't accelerate. He slowed down to pull over and the steering wheel didn't want to turn. He said it was heavy. We had the car towed home and checked out by a mechanic who stated it was rod bearings. I remembered a couple years ago getting a letter from NHTSA and kia mentioning they were investigating a problem with the engine. I looked up and it said no recalls on my car. The car has the exact same problem as the recall same year and everything. The car only has 106 thousand on it and has always received all scheduled maintenance. The mechanic said had my son kept driving the car the engine would have seized which could have caused a serious accident. My son was driving on a busy rural road with a lot of curves. We have a lot of oilfield trucks and traffic with vehicles that can't stop fast and had my son broke down on a curve or bottom of a hill he could have been seriously injured or worse. I think the recall needs to be investigated more. Kia said my vehicle was not included in the recall because my engine was manufactured in a different facility. My car has the exact problem as the recall same year model everything.